A5062449849- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
- Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and related conditions
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
- Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Hepatitis C virus research
University of Ferrara
2013-2025
Arcispedale Sant'Anna
1992-2021
Ospedale Sant'Anna
1987-2019
St. Anna Hospital
2015-2016
Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama
1996
Data on exercise activities in place, and the interest for developing them Nephrology Services Italy is limited. To address this gap, we carried out cross-sectional study to investigate status of physical activity programs available Italian Centres. Additionally, research priorities topic were examined. We developed a 14-item electronic survey, which consisted multiple-choice questions covering training programs, assessment, barriers practice counselling practices, perceived benefits,...
Protein Energy Wasting (PEW) in hemodialysis (HD) patients is a multifactorial condition due to specific pathology-related pathogenetic mechanisms, leading loss of skeletal muscle mass HD patients. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging still represent the gold standard techniques for body composition assessment. However, their widespread application clinical practice difficult evaluation mainly based on conventional anthropometric nutritional indexes bioelectrical impedance...
Background and hypothesis In patients with moderate or severe renal disease, hospitalization is often required because of poorly controlled co-morbidities. We aimed to provide evidence that an outpatient health program involving a close collaboration between nephrologists General Practitioners can be successful in reducing hospitalizations non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients. Methods Observational cohort study on 17,036 stage 1-5 enrolled the Emilia-Romagna (Italy) PIRP project 1st...
Vitamin D insufficiency has been associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in kidney transplant patients (KTRs). However, the efficacy of vitamin supplementation on BMD remains poorly defined, especially for long-term KTRs. We aimed to investigate effect native KTRs during a 2-year follow-up. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected. was evaluated standard DEXA that performed at baseline (before supplementation) end study period. assessed lumbar vertebral bodies...
Registry-based studies have identified risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and progression to end-stage renal disease. However, usually, these do not incorporate sequential measurements of function provide little information on the prognosis individual patients. The aim this study is identify which combinations demographic clinical characteristics are useful discriminate patients with a differential annual decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR).This observational retrospective...
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between acute kidney injury (AKI) and in-hospital mortality (IHM) in a large nationwide cohort elderly subjects Italy. Methods: We analyzed hospitalization data all patients aged ≥65 years, who were discharged with diagnosis AKI, which identified by presence International Classification Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), extracted from Italian Health Ministry database (January 2000 December 2015)....
Nine patients undergoing regular dialytic treatment (RDT) for more than 60 months (mean 125 +/- 33 months) showed clinical and radiological evidence of non-infective destructive spondyloarthropathy (DSA). The cervical spine was the skeletal segment most affected (100% cases). Three were found also to be suffering from discal bone alterations dorsal column, in two other vertebral bodies L4-L5 changed. Typical pictures a narrowing intervertebral spaces with destruction or sclerosis adjacent...
Demoralization is a commonly observed syndrome in medically ill patients. The risk of demoralization may increase patients after kidney transplant (KTRs) because the stressful nature renal transplantation, psychosocial challenges, and adjustment needs. No study available on amongst KTRs. purpose our was to evaluate validity Italian version Scale (DS-IT) prevalence Also, we aimed at exploring association DS-IT with International Classification Diseases (ICD) psychiatric diagnoses,...
Although kidney transplant can lead to psychiatric disorders, psychosocial syndromes and demoralization, a positive post-traumatic growth (PTG) occur in recipients (KTRs). However, the PTG-Inventory (PTGI), reliable tool measure PTG is scarcely used explore effect of this stressful event KTRs. Thus, purpose our study was assess level its correlation with physical emotional symptoms or problems via network analysis Additionally, we aimed at exploring association diagnoses, Diagnostic Criteria...
An average prevalence of 35% for psychiatric comorbidity has been reported in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and an even higher other psychosocial syndromes, as defined by the Diagnostic Criteria Psychosomatic Research (DCPR), also found this population. Consequently, easy, simple, rapid tool is needed to measure physical psychological symptoms distress KTRs. Recently, Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), a pragmatic patient-centred symptom assessment tool, was validated single...
Financial toxicity (FT) refers to the negative impact of health-care costs on clinical conditions. In general, social determinants health, especially poverty, socioenvironmental stressors, and psychological factors, are increasingly recognized as important non-communicable diseases, such chronic kidney disease (CKD), their consequences. We aim investigate prevalence FT in patients at different stages CKD treated our universal system from pediatric nephrology, hemodialysis, peritoneal...
Sedentariness of patients affected by end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) expose them to high risk unfavorable clinical outcomes. Exercise training is effective in improving physical function, quality life (QoL) and long-term However, the existing barriers related patients, programs dialysis staff limit patient participation call for new strategies. This pragmatic nonrandomized trial will test impact on ESKD population an intervention proposed exercise facilitator regularly present a center. The...